I was thinking of writing a lengthy post about climate change denial being completely unscientific nonsense, but then geochemist and National Science Board member James Lawrence Powell wrote a post that is basically a slam-dunk of debunking. His…
Re-framing environmental rhetoric so it appeals to conservatives can really work, a study finds.
It’s not that political conservatives don’t care about things like climate change, recycling and deforestation—it’s that they don’t care ab…
RT @PopSci: Pro tip: Framing environmental issues in terms of Earth’s “purity” or “sanctity” can coax conservatives to care: http://flip.it/QvXnMhttp://flip.it/8dF6c
The effects of climate change, in one gorgeous, terrifying video
So, wow. Wowwowwow. A group of filmmakers, making a movie called, aptly, Chasing Ice, have captured what they claim to be the largest iceberg calving ever filmed.…
In the halting, measured language we’ve come to expect from his impromptu public remarks, President Obama posed a core dilemma of climate change yesterday at his first post-election press conference. Explaining the possible…
How toxic are your threads? If you’re a fan of cheap, disposable fashion, the answer isn’t one you’re going to like. A new investigation commissioned by Greenpeace found residues of hormone-disrupting and cancer-causing chemicals in…
With bottled water and potable tap water both so readily available in developed countries, it’s easy to take clean drinking water for granted. But when natural disasters strike, one of the first things to sell out on store shelves is…
Sandy Raises Questions About Climate And The Future Fresh Air from WHYY
If you ask climate scientist Radley Horton, it’s difficult to say that Hurricane Sandy was directly caused by climate change, but he sees strong connections betw…
The central energy challenge we face as a nation and a planet is the transition away from fossil fuels, which contribute to climate change, to clean sources of energy. The most important debates …
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